Friday, April 23, 2021

Paiwa Every Day 412: cun // pinacunan

        ku       pinacunan      sun      kata        su       sudju.
[my-GEN     seen-NMZ       you      and      your    girlfriend]

Free translation
I saw you and your girlfriend. 

Word gloss
  1. ku: my, 1st person singular genitive (GEN). GEN is the agent of a UV verb in Paiwan. But why? I don't know yet. 
  2. p<in>a-cun-an: to be seen, undergoer voice (UV) in nominalization (NMZ). The root is cun 'see'. 
  3. sun: you, 2nd person singular nominative (NOM)
  4. kata or katua: and, conjunction (CONJ)
  5. sudju: partner, spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary pinacunan

Then it follows, sort of, tima azua? 'Who's that?' 😆😆 

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